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Wanton

Posted June 5th, 2006 @ 10:20am by Erik J. Barzeski

wan·ton
adj.

  1. Immoral or unchaste; lewd.
    1. Gratuitously cruel; merciless.
    2. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.
  3. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance; wanton depletion of oil reserves.
  4. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.
  5. Frolicsome; playful.
  6. Undisciplined; spoiled.
  7. Obsolete. Rebellious; refractory.

Duh.

2 Responses to "Wanton"

  1. Quote MeBud Landry
    Posted 06 Jun 2006 at 2:23pm #

    I enjoy a good wanton soup when I eat Chinese.


  2. Quote MeChris Bracken
    Posted 14 Jun 2006 at 4:26am #

    Has anyone actually used the word refractory (outside the scientific definition) in a recent written work? It sounds like something my grade one teacher would have said if she'd spoken English. "Stop that refractory behaviour, you young whipper-snappers!"



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